![]() Her work has been featured in/on The Hollywood Reporter, Short of the Week, Florida Film Festival, Salute Your Shorts, and many more. She has written/directed a pilot and four short films. Despite her outside success, McCurdy felt ashamed of 90% of her resume and ultimately unfulfilled, so she turned to alcohol, but since that didn't work, she quit acting and began pursuing writing/directing in 2017. She went on to star in the Netflix series Between, and had a short-lived country music career with Capitol Records Nashville. We’ll see where things are in a few years,” McCurdy said.Jennette McCurdy got her start in child acting, which by her late teen years had brought her success (she starred in Nickelodeon's hit show iCarly and her own spin-off, Sam & Cat). “I feel like I have a point of view, and I have a vision. Because of feeling like I don’t want to f- -king act anymore,” she said.īut she wouldn’t say “never,” offering that the right director might be able to coax her back on set. “I wrote this one-woman show, and I performed that, and I really did not want to because of the nerves. When Faris asked if she’d ever act again, McCurdy confirmed that she bowed out of acting following the debut of her highly personal solo live show “I’m Glad My Mom Died” in February 2020. In 2014, McCurdy boycott the Kid’s Choice Awards, hinting that a salary dispute with “Sam & Cat” producers was the reason. The history of McCurdy’s statements on her time at the kid-friendly network indicate the young actor was not valued in the same way as some of her close costars, namely the “7 Rings” singer who was first discovered at Nickelodeon. McCurdy has previously spoken about her struggle with anorexia and bulimia, which began at just 11 years old and persisted for 13 years. She also confided one of her most painful memories of acting - when she was passed over for a part in the 2005 film “Because of Winn-Dixie,” around age 13, because casting agents thought she was too “homely” for the role. ![]() “Once I started to get the nerves under control was when I started to actually get some traction, but I ultimately quit after my mom passed away because with her death kind of died a lot of her ideas for my life, and that was its own journey, and a difficult one for sure,” she explained. The kid actor said that “always, always, always, acting was difficult for me,” adding that her nerves often got the best of her. “This was the way out, which I actually think was helpful in driving me to some degree of success.” “My family didn’t have a lot of money,” said McCurdy, whose mother encouraged her to begin acting as young as age 6. This was the way out.” Getty Images for Nickelodeon ![]() Jennette McCurdy on acting as a child: “My family didn’t have a lot of money. I quit a few years ago because I initially didn’t want to do it,” she admitted. Talking to Anna Faris, a guest on “Empty Inside,” McCurdy said she’d ultimately quit acting in favor of taking on more writing and directing work. And I imagine there’s a very different experience to be had with acting if you’re proud of your roles, and if you feel fulfilled by them.” “My friends at 15, they’re not like, ‘Oh, cool, you’re on this Nickelodeon show.’ It was embarrassing. “I did the shows that I was on from like 13 to 21, and by 15, I was already embarrassed,” McCurdy recalled. Jennette McCurdy, a k a Sam Puckett of Nickelodeon’s “iCarly” and “Sam & Cat,” has retired from acting - for now. Her character was later spun off in the Nick series “Sam & Cat,” which launched the career of pop star Ariana Grande (a k a Cat Valentine). I feel so unfulfilled by the roles that I played and felt like it was the most cheesy, embarrassing.”Īlongside McCurdy, “iCarly” also stars Miranda Cosgrove (Carly Shay) and aired on Nickelodeon from 2007 to 2012. “My experience with acting is, I’m so ashamed of the parts I’ve done in the past,” she said. ![]() McCurdy, 28, confessed in a recent episode of a podcast she hosts called “Empty Inside” that she’s “ashamed” of her past acting career. Kel Mitchell dishes on ‘Good Burger 2’ with Jalen RoseĪmanda Bynes was seen wandering streets days before psychiatric holdĪmanda Bynes skips ‘90s Con last-minute, Kel Mitchell ‘praying’ for herĪmanda Bynes reuniting with ‘All That’ cast in first public gig in yearsįans of Nickelodeon’s “iCarly” can count out series co-star Jennette McCurdy, who has all but confirmed that she will not reprise her role as Sam Puckett in the upcoming sequel season.
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